AMITY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (AIIS)

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International e-Conference

VIJIGISHU 2021
Theme: Delineating Global Power Dynamics in Asia Pacific
Date: 22-24 September 2021
Venue: Online link: https://amityuni.live/84013754026

Programme Schedule
Day 1 – Wednesday, 22nd September 2021 : Inaugural Session 09:30 AM -11:30 AM (IST)

Time Topic and Speaker (s)

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09.30 am– 09.35 am
Lamp lighting (Saraswati Vandana)
09.35 am– 09.40 am Welcome Address by
Dr. Divya Anand, Convenor, AIIS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Opening remarks and Introduction to VIJIGISHU 2021 by
9.40 AM – 9.50 am Prof. (Dr.) Nagalaxmi M. Raman, HoI, AIIS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh,
India
Address by
09.50 am- 10.00 am Dr. Pramod Jaiswal, Collaborator, Nepal Institute for International Cooperation
and Engagement, Nepal
Special Address by
10.00 am – 10.10 am Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University
 Special Address by
10.10 am – 10.20 am Prof. (Dr.) Balvinder Shukla, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh, India
Inaugural address by Chief Guest –
10.20 am – 10.35 am Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Member of the Indian Foreign Service, Distinguished
Fellow, VIF, India
Keynote Address by
10.35 am – 10.45 am Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, Adjunct Faculty, Former Dean of School of International
Studies, JNU, New Delhi, India
Address by (Guest of Honour)
10.45am – 10:55 am Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan
Director General, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
Special Address by
10.55 am – 11:05 am Mr. Shabir Ahmed, Joint Director, IRDE, Dehradun at Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO)
Inspirational words by
11.05 am – 11:15 am Dr. Atul Chauhan, Hon’ble Chancellor, Amity University
(Subject to confirmation)
Blessings by
11.15 am- 11.25 am Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Hon’ble Founder President, Amity Education Group
(Subject to confirmation)
Vote of Thanks by
11.25 am – 11:30 am Dr. Shreesh K Pathak, Assistant Professor (II), AIIS, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh, India

Tea Break

Technical Session – I : Bilateral Relations among Asia Pacific Nations 11:45AM - 01.45 PM (IST)

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11.45 am – 11:55 am Chair: Prof. Ajay Darshan Behra, Professor, Academy of International Studies,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Co-Chair: Dr. Varun Gulati, Associate Professor, Dr. Ambedkar International
11.55 am – 12.05 pm
Centre, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New
Delhi, India
12.05 pm – 12.20 pm Presenter 1: Mr. Gaurav Kumar Mishra, Research Scholar, Banaras Hindu
University, U.P, India

12.20 pm – 12.35 pm Presenter 2: Mr. Abhigyan Guha, Post Graduate Student, Jadavpur University,
Kolkata, India
12.35 pm – 12.50 pm Presenter 3: Ms. Anshu Kumari, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India

12.50 pm – 01.05 pm Presenter 4: Mr. Gaurav Bhattarai, Assistant Professor, Dept. of International
Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

01.05 pm – 01:20 pm Presenter 5: Mr. Neeraj Manhas Singh, Research Scholar, Sardar Patel University,
Gujarat, India
Presenter 6: Ms. Arushi Anthal, Research Scholar (M.Phil), University of Jammu,
01.20 pm- 01.35 pm Jammu and Kashmir, India

01.35 pm -01.45 pm Q&A

Lunch Break
Plenary session – I : Global Powers Equations in Asia Pacific (Panel Discussion)
02:15 PM - 04:15 PM (IST)
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Chair: Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector and Professor at School of
International Studies, JNU, New Delhi, India.
Panelists:
• Prof. Sukhwant Singh Bindra, Director Research, Amity Institute of
International Studies, Amity University, U.P., India
02.15 pm – 04.15 pm • Prof. Sanjeev Kumar, Professor, Dept. of Social Sciences, University of
Delhi, New Delhi.
• Prof. Kirti Mahajan, Director: Student's Welfare, IIPA, New Delhi, India
• Dr. Aslam Khan, Associate Professor, Motihara Central University, Bihar,
India.
• Dr. Malgorzata Bonikowska, President, Centre for International Relations,
Vistula University, Poland
Day 2 – Thursday, 23rd September 2021

Technical Session – II : Economic and Socio-Cultural Trends in Asia Pacific 9:30 AM -11:30 AM (IST)
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09.30 am– 09.40 am Chair: Prof. Shalini Sharma, Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Christ
University, U.P, India
09.40 am– 09.50 am Co-Chair: Dr. Niti Bhasin, Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics,
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

09.50 am– 10.05 am Presenter 7: Dr. Mohan Singh, Assistant Professor, Indian Military Academy,
Dehradun, India
10.05 am– 10.20 am Presenter 8: Dr. Amna Mirza, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi, New Delhi,
India

10.20 am– 10.35 am Presenter 9: Ms. Devina Singh, Research Scholar, Amity University, Noida-U.P,
India
Presenter 10: Ms. Himashree Sarna, Research Scholar, School of International
10.35 am – 10.50 am Studies, JNU, New Delhi, India
Presenter 11: Mr. Dechun Zhang, Research Scholar, Institute for Area Studies,
10.50 am – 11.05 am Leiden University, Netherlands
Presenter 12: Ms. Monika Seturaman, PhD. Scholar, Central China Normal
11.05 am- 11.20 am University, Wuhan, P.R.C.

11.20 am – 11.30 am Q &A Session

Technical Session – III : India and Asia Pacific 11:45 AM - 01:45 PM (IST)

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11.45 am – 11.55 am Chair: Prof. Satish Kumar, Professor, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, New
Delhi, India
Co-Chair: Dr. Nandini C Sen, Associate Professor & Head, Department of
11.55 am – 12.05 pm English, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Presenter 13: Dr. Radhika Mohan Gupta, Assistant Professor, Manipal University,
12.05 pm – 12.20 pm
Jaipur, India
Presenter 14: Ms. Gitika Borah and Ms. Minakshi Koch, Research Scholars,
12.20 pm – 12.35 pm Gauhati University, Assam, India
Presenter 15: Ms. Akriti Khajuria, Research Scholar, Amity University, Noida,
12.35 pm – 12.50 pm
U.P, India
Presenter 16: Mr. Gaurav Subba and Ms. Prabesika Pradhan, Research Scholars,
12.50 pm – 01.05 pm Amity University, U.P, India

01.05 pm – 01.20pm Presenter 17: Ms. Garima Lal, Research Scholar, JNU, New Delhi, India
Presenter 18: Dr. Begum Burak, Independent Researcher and Author, Istanbul,
01.20 pm – 01.35 pm
Turkey
01.35 pm – 01.45 pm Q&A session

Lunch Break – Assemble back at 02.15 pm (students to coordinate)

Plenary session – II : Asia Pacific v/s Indo- Pacific Constructions ( Panel Discussion)
02:15 PM- 04:15 PM (IST)

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 Chair: Prof. Upendra Choudhury, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Aligarh
Muslim University, U.P, India

• Prof. Shanta Nedungadi Varma, Professor (Retd.), Faculty of Social

Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
02.15 pm – 04.15pm • Prof. Rumki Basu, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi, India
• Prof. Mohammed Badrul Alam, Professor (Retd.), Dept. of Political
Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
• Prof. Ashok Vishandas, Professor, Applied Economics & Ex Chairman
CACP, IIPA, New Delhi, India

Day 3 – Friday, 24th September 2021

Technical Session – IV : Asia Pacific in Security Perspective 09:30 AM -11:30 AM (IST)

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09.30 am– 09.40 am Chair: Prof. Bulbul Dhar James, Professor, Department of Political Science &
Former Director, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia
Islamia, New Delhi, India
09.40 am– 09.50 am Co-Chair: Dr. Eram Rao, Vice Principal, Associate Professor, Bhaskaracharya
College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

09.50 am– 10.05 am Presenter 19: Mr. Nimesh Babu Oli, Researcher, Nepal Institute for International
Cooperation and Engagement, Nepal.

10.05 am– 10.20 am Presenter 20: Dr. Sania Abdullah, Political Scientist, Centre for International
Security and Cooperation, Standford University, CA

10.20 am– 10.35 am Presenter 21: Mr. Jyotishman Bhagwati, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islmia,
New Delhi, India
Presenter 22:
• Dr. Swasti Rao, Assistant Professor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,
U.P., India
10.35 am– 10.50 am • Dr. Kunwar Alkendra Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor, Institute of
Science, Banaras Hindu University, U.P. India
• Dr. Malcom Davis, Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute,
Canberra, Australia
Presenter 23: Mr. Akash Sahu, Researcher, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense
10.50 am – 11.05 am Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India
Presenter 24: Ms. Sarabjit Kaur, Research Scholar, Amity University, U.P, India
10.50 am – 11.00 am
 Presenter 25: Dr. Aditi Priya, Assistant Professor, Manipal University, Jaipur,
11.00 am – 11.15 am India
Q&A
11.15 am – 11.30 am

Plenary Session – III : Asia Pacific and Security Architecture (Panel Discussion)
11:45 AM - 01:45 PM (IST)

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Chair: Prof. Yoichiro Sato, Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Oita,
Japan.
Panelists:
• Dr. Digvir S Jayas, Vice President, University of Manitoba, Canada.
12.05 pm – 01.45 pm • Dr. Monish Tourangbam, Strategic Analyst and Honorary Director of the
Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies (KIIPS), India
• Prof. Dr. Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Professor & Head, International
Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
• Mr. Jumel Estranero, Research and Policy Analyst, Office of the President,
Republic of Philippines
Lunch Break
Plenary session– IV : Asia Pacific in Prospective context (Panel Discussion)
2:15 PM - 04:15 PM (IST)
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Chair: Prof. K Jayaprasad, Dean, School of Global Studies, Dean, School of

Cultural Studies, HOD, Dept. Of International Relations, Central University of
Kerala, Kerala, India
Panelists:

02.15 pm – 4.15pm • Dr. Amit Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor, Dr. Ambedkar University,
New Delhi
• Mr. M R Ranganathan Mulvadi, Chairman, ABK AOTS DOSOKAI, Japan
• Dr. Sitakant Mishra, Associate Professor, PDEU, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat
• Dr. Ernest Gunasekara- Rockwell, Director, Consortium of Indo Pacific
Researchers, Editor in Chief, Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Air
University, USA
4.15 PM to 6.10 PM
Valedictory Session
 Welcome Address and Lamp Lighting by
04.15 pm – 04.20 pm Dr. Shreesh K Pathak, Assistant Professor (II), AIIS, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh, India
Report Reading by
04.20 pm – 04.30 pm Dr. Divya Anand, Convenor, AIIS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh
Address by
04.30 pm – 04.35 pm Dr. Pramod Jaiswal, Collaborator, Nepal Institute for International Cooperation
and Engagement, Nepal
Address by
04.35 pm – 04.45 pm Mr. Sanjiv Mehrotra, Director, Indian Association of Japan, Japan
Address by
Ambassador of Bhutan
(*confirmation awaited)
04.45 pm – 04.55 pm
Address by
Ambassador of Mongolia
(*confirmation awaited)
Address by
04.55 pm – 05.10 pm Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Head, School of Social Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev
University, Amritsar, India
Address by
Mr. Tsering Tashi, Founder Director of Ladakh Science Foundation
05.10 pm – 05.30 pm
Joint project director, Satellite Navigation Programme at ISRO Satellite Centre,
Bangalore. Topic - “Role of Ladakhian in Make in India”
Address by
Shri Atul Bora, President, Asom Gana Parishad, Minister of Agriculture,
05.30pm – 05.40 pm
Horticulture and Food Processing, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Urban
Development , Town and Country Planning
Address by Group VC
05.40 pm – 05.45 pm Prof. (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Group Vice Chancellor, Amity University, India
Address by
05.45 pm – 05.50 pm Prof. (Dr.) Nagalaxmi M. Raman, HoI, AIIS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh,
India
Address by
05.50 pm – 06.00 pm Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Hon’ble Founder President, Amity Education Group
(Subject to confirmation)

Vote of Thanks by
06.00 pm – 06.10 pm Dr. Neha Sinha, Assistant Professor, AIIS Noida, India
Media Partner